Arrest papers state she withdrew more than $1,100 from the victim’s checking account without permission between July 23 and Aug. 6.

Man hit with assault charges

Borough police say they saw a Tamaqua man grab a woman while responding to a disturbance on Mauch Chunk Street on Tuesday.

Arrest papers state a passing motorist heard the disturbance and called police around 6 a.m. and when police arrived at 44 Mauch Chunk St., after hearing yelling from inside, the victim opened the door and yelled for help as Lawrence E. Fredericks Jr., 52, grabbed her by the neck, put his hand over her face and pulled her inside. Police separated the two and the victim told officers Fredericks beat her all night long, leaving bruises all over both her arms, and threatened her with a hammer, court papers state.

Lawrence was arrested that day for simple assault, reckless endangerment and harassment. His bail was set at 10 percent of $2,500 by Magisterial District Judge Stephen Bayer, Tamaqua, which Fredericks later posted.

Justin D. Blume was charged by Rush Township police with two felony counts of aggravated assault, two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment and four misdemeanor counts of simple assault.

He was arraigned Tuesday by Magisterial District Judge Stephen Bayer, Tamaqua who set bail at $50,000 and immediately unable to post it, he was taken to jail.

Township police were dispatched to a house on Golf Road on Tuesday at 7:45 a.m. and found Blume’s mother was bleeding from the left ear and Blume’s brother had a torn shirt, several alterations on his face, a welt and a black-and-blue mark on his rib cage. Both were standing outside the residence and eventually, police wrote, Blume was placed into custody after stepping outside the house.

The male victim said Blume went after their mother, punching her in the face and head, so he intervened to stop him and Blume hit him with a fire poker multiple times.

Fight ends in arrest, injury

An unprovoked outburst in Harwood ended with one man’s arrest and another being taken to a hospital.

Joseph W. Burke III, 28, Mahanoy City, faces simple assault, harassment and criminal mischief by state police at Hazleton after the incident at 1357 Harwood Road, Hazle Township, on March 5 just before 7 p.m.

He was released on $10,000 unsecured bail the day of the incident by Magisterial District Judge James Dixon, Hazle Township.

Court papers state the victim told troopers Burke was invited over the house and lunged at him unprovoked, punching him in the head multiple times. Burke then threw the victim into a nearby couch, causing a glass coffee table to break, according to arrest papers.

The victim was taken by ambulance to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton, troopers wrote.

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